Carb Your Enthusiasm

From pizzas to salad dressings, ketchup to peanuts, low carbohydrate foods are just what the doctor ordered in 2004, or at least it's what Atkins and South Beach dieters craved.

"We had low carb cereal, pasta, pasta sauces."

At New Leaf Market, low-carb items were flying off the shelves, so much so that clerks couldn't keep it in stock. The diets became so popular they even made low-carb candy bars, but it didn't last long.

Six months into the new year, sales dropped and New Leaf cleared its shelves. The craze seemed to fade and nutritionists weren't surprised.

Ruth Bowen, a nutritionist, says, "We've seen it all. It's just another fad diet going through."

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